Week Three

Group Roles:

Facilitator: Paul
Coach: Larry
Reporter: Andrea
Resource Manager: Melissa

Things to do:

Developmental Supervision Approaches (Whole Group)

• Work with your assigned partner on describing a teacher and choosing the most effective supervision approach for each by Monday, October 12.

Assignment 4: School Walkthrough Snapshot (Team/ Individual)

NOTE: This is a team assignment and a team grade will be given.

• Individually, prepare to conduct the walkthrough by the middle of Week 4, i.e., Friday, October 16.

Team Evaluation (Team)

• MVP members will assign a rating for each team member under each criterion by Friday, October 9.
• Larry, (Coach) will compile HOT results and post Google Doc URL to in a thread labeled "Week 3: Final Team Evaluation" by Monday, October 12.

Individual Assignments (Individual)

• Continue to work on Assignments #1, #2 and #3

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Evidence of Team input to our Walk Through Chart:

I. Data Collection Tool: Identify 5-7 areas to examine as you briefly visit each classroom; the areas should be measurable and observable. LET'S TRY TO FINALIZE THIS DURING THURS TELECONFERENCE SO THAT ANDREA CAN POST BY DEADLINE SATURDAY.

*Be sure that you have reviewed the Chicago Public Schools Model and the Stronge Checklist.
*Consider the following:
· School goals, (see #1)
· The classroom environment, (see #7)
· What the teacher is doing, (see #5 & #6)
· What the students are doing, (see #2 & #4)
· Developing a question to ask the students, (see #6)
· The effective utilization of technology in instruction, (see #4)

No.	Name	What are we looking for?	How will we measure it? (tally marks, time on task, number of items in use, etc.)	Comments/Thoughts on the "collection tool" itself:
1	Andrea	equitable practices	random calling, grouping and questioning wait time	This could be a checklist; for calling strategies the observer would note which students are called upon (boys v. girls); for grouping--note how groups are formed/arranged
2	Missy	student engagement	% of students on task	what are the signs of student engagement? (active listening, explaining your ideas, participation, task completion, help and encourage others) Role card are in use for reciprocal teaching (predicting, questioning, clarifying, summarizing)
3	Larry
4	Paul	technology integration and student talk	Is technology being used at the time of walkthrough? Are any students talking at the time of walkthrough?	I would love for the tool to be electronic; however, if it's something we're completing as we walk through the building, wireless access is a prerequisite. What can we learn from ISTE's Classroom Observation Tool, known as ICOT? ICOT_observation_form.pdf Details Download 69 KB
5	Andrea	Checking for Understanding	Tally: thumbs up, unison response, one question quiz, ActiVotes, Exit card	The strategies that you are looking for could be listed on a form so that the observer could easily & quickly tally up if one was observed.
6	Andrea	Higher Order Questions (teachers/students)	tally marks	Look/listen for analysis questions, synthesis questions, evaluation questions
7	Paul	Room Arrangement	Does the room arrangement fit the learning activity?	Yes or No checkbox

Click HERE to see and add to or subtract from a draft of a tool we might use for our school walkthroughs. Feel free to edit.

Click here for the walkthrough observation form used in Paul's division.

I (Andrea) have posted several resources, including a walk through document in the resources section of our Team Resources on ELC. I will duplicate it here. This form was created at our school by our in-house staff development teacher. It is meant to be used as a conversation starter and not all items are expected to be observed in a single walk through...

II. Walkthroughs

Name	Date of Walkthrough (no later than Fri, Oct 16)
Andrea	Tuesday, October 13
Missy	Thursday, October 15
Larry
Paul	Wed, October 14

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Activities completed:

1. Conference Call Completed! All present and accounted for :-)

   • October 8, 2009
   • 8:00 PM ESD
   • Telephone number: 1-605-715-4900
   • Access Code: 726641#
   • Summary of Call:
     • The data collection tool was discussed and finalized. All team members agreed with the final product.
     • Group members were reminded to complete the HOT team evaluation and Larry said that he will work on it Saturday evening and post it on Sunday.
     • Team members discussed the walk through process and each member described how they are going about it.
     • Team members discussed their progress on the individual assignments & the partner activity in the whole group forum area
     • Here is a record of our call! You can easily see the start time and ending time of our call. Great job everyone! It was a very productive evening.
       

       call_history_8_October.doc
       

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2. We created the data collection tool with our team, using the chart in our Wiki and GoogleDocs.
3. Paul (Facilitator) created a new thread, titled Week 3: Data Collection Tool
4. Andrea, (Team Reporter), posted completed data collection tool in team's Week 3 thread by Saturday, October 10. She renamed the subject FINAL so that is easily located.
5. Paul, (Facilitator), set up Google Doc for HOT Team Evaluation